Five doctors who had attended the infant have been put under quarantine. The infant had a congenital heart disorder and was taken to many hospitals in the last few months.
The fake news spread by the mainstream media cannot be attributed to incompetence alone because if it were only incompetence, they would have erred on equal parts against all sides of the political spectrum.
Karnataka had ignored requests from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to open the border for people in Kasaragod who need urgent medical help at the nearest hospitals Mangaluru and Manipal.
In the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases in neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka has fortified all its entry/exit points in order to prevent influx from Kerala